Month of November 2000
UN to establish committee on security of Ashkaljia/Roma returning to Kosovo
29 November -- The top United Nations official in Kosovo has announced the establishment of a Joint Committee on Returns for the Ashkaljia/Roma people -- a displaced community that is currently afraid to go home because of poor security conditions. FULL STORY >>
Security Council briefed on recent incidents in Kosovo and southern Serbia
27 NOVEMBER -- The Security Council was briefed in closed consultations this morning on recent incidents that have taken place in Kosovo and in the Presevo Valley area in southern Serbia. FULL STORY >>
UN deputy head in Kosovo condemns murder of local politician
24 NOVEMBER -- The deputy head of the United Nations mission in Kosovo has strongly condemned the murder Thursday of a senior local politician. FULL STORY >>
Security Council condemns deadly attacks in Kosovo and Serbia
22 NOVEMBER -- Strongly condemning recent fatal attacks in Kosovo and Serbia, the Security Council today called for investigations to bring those responsible to justice. FULL STORY >>
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| An investigator at site of bombing attack in Pristina. |
22 NOVEMBER -- The top United Nations official in Kosovo today deplored a pre-dawn bomb attack against the residence of a representative of the Yugoslav Government. FULL STORY >>
Three Serb municipal assemblies take oath in Kosovo
20 NOVEMBER -- In what United Nations officials in Kosovo described as a temporary measure, UN-appointed members of municipal assemblies were sworn in today in three predominately Serb municipalities where inadequate voter turnout meant that the results of last month's Kosovo-wide municipal elections could not be certified. FULL STORY >>
UN launches major operation against organized crime in Kosovo
17 NOVEMBER -- Backed by troops from the international peacekeeping force (KFOR), the United Nations police in Kosovo today mounted a major operation against prostitution, trafficking in women and organized crime in the Kosovo Polje area. FULL STORY >>
Security Council: top UN official in Kosovo hails progress but urges vigilance
16 NOVEMBER -- While Kosovo has achieved important progress leading to self-government, the crisis there is not over, the head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) told the UN Security Council today. FULL STORY >>
UNMIK meets Yugoslav delegation to discuss issue of Kosovar detainees
15 NOVEMBER -- Officials of the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) met today in Pristina with a Yugoslav delegation to discuss concrete steps towards resolving issues concerning detainees and missing persons. FULL STORY >>
Head of UN Kosovo mission to raise the issue of missing in Security Council
13 NOVEMBER -- The head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Dr. Bernard Kouchner, who is in New York to address the UN Security Council this week, has said that he shares the sorrow of the families of the detained and the missing Kosovars, who are presently demonstrating throughout Kosovo. FULL STORY >>
Head of UN mission in Kosovo vows to find killers of Ashkali returnees
10 NOVEMBER -- The head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) pledged today to find those responsible for the murders of four men who had just returned to their home village northwest of Pristina. FULL STORY >>
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| Dr. Kouchner (center) arrives at scene of murders. |
9 NOVEMBER -- The head of the United Nations peace operation in Kosovo said today that the killings of four Ashkali men returning to the homes they had fled during the war was a shocking crime that dealt a serious blow to the territory's fledgling democracy. FULL STORY >>
UN agencies help Kosovo farmers boost livestock and dairy production
9 NOVEMBER -- Poor farmers in Kosovo who lost their livestock during the war have received 2,500 cattle under a joint project carried out by the World Bank and the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the agencies announced today. FULL STORY >>
Situation in Serbian prisons "still tense," says head of UN Mission in Kosovo
8 NOVEMBER -- 8 NOVEMBER -- After several days of unrest in prisons in Yugoslavia, the head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today said the situation was "still tense," but that, according to the latest reports, Kosovo Albanian detainees in Serbian prisons were "safe." FULL STORY >>
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| Dr. Kouchner certifies results of municipal elections |
7 NOVEMBER -- The head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Dr. Bernard Kouchner, today certified the results of the province's municipal elections on 28 October, where 79 per cent of the population turned out to vote. FULL STORY >>
Kosovo: UN police set up unit against human trafficking and prostitution
6 NOVEMBER -- The United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has set up a special police unit to fight prostitution and human trafficking, which have become significant concerns in the territory. FULL STORY >>
UN environment team heads to Kosovo to visit sites hit by depleted uranium
3 NOVEMBER -- A team of experts from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is headed to Kosovo to study the impact of depleted uranium used during last year's conflict in the Balkans. FULL STORY >>
Release of Kosovo Albanian activist hailed by head of UN Kosovo mission
1 NOVEMBER -- The head of the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) today welcomed the news that a Kosovo Albanian activist had been released from prison in Serbia, following orders from Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica. FULL STORY >>